Finally took the plunge and published Death Wave for the Kindle. It's a tale of adultery, betrayal and revenge set in the days of the G...

So I wrote recently about the idea of publishing Death Wave myself, and I tied it into the idea of finally going out and making this writi...

This is more in the way of a proof of concept than anything close to a finished cover, but I think it illustrates what I'm after well en...

Looking at the logo I did, it occurred to me that it wasn't so much the shape of the font that made it seem so cartoony, but just the br...

So I'm contemplating ideas for the Death Wave cover, and I'm torn between the "collage of thrilling moments" approach use...

Well, I sent off the novel on Friday, and on Saturday, I got an email from Charles Ardai, the editor/publisher of Hard Case Crime. And it wa...

Typed my last revision on Death Wave this afternoon. And then did probably a profoundly stupid thing--rather than read it through again to ...

It has been a unique feeling for me, in the days since I finished the first draft, for me to have no interest in the manuscript whatsoever. ...

Success! Finally. 53,000 words, give or take. It sucks, but it's done. And maybe, once I've gotten some distance from it, I'll f...

Well, I passed the 50,000 word mark yesterday, but the draft's not done yet. I'm in the climactic scene, though, so it should only b...

Failure! And yet not. I did not make my arbitrary deadline of 30 days. But I did not end up far off either. At midnight, I was at 47,500 and...

I finally hit the wall, and in the weirdest possible place. I'm nearly to the end--only about 8,000 words to go--and instead of picking ...

Not a lot to add today, since I just updated progress yesterday. I'm still grinding it out, staying pretty close to pace. Past the 40,00...

It's funny. Two days ago, I was engaged and energized. Felt like I was picking up momentum. Then yesterday, I finally finished Part Two,...

I know, you're probably getting tired of the constant updates, but I'm doing this as much for my own future edification as for any c...

Well, it's official: I've surpassed my previous word count record (in truth, I may have written more words in some months, when I wa...

I'm officially hitting the wall now. Still pretty much on pace as of midnight, but will probably fall behind significantly starting toda...

Well, I'm still managing to stay almost exactly on pace, which is good, but at the same time... If you read enough books about novel wri...

Going into Sunday, I'm barely hanging on. I was several hundred words short Friday, 500 words short by midnight Saturday, but kept pushi...

I started writing the novel just a little after midnight. The working title is Death Wave . Hokey, I know, but when you read the book (assum...